Wolfgang Timpen has over 30 years of experience in business development, sales management, project management, and consulting in the fields of IT, telecommunications, and renewable energies. He is currently a self-employed consultant specializing in restructuring wind farms and photovoltaic projects. Previously, he was Managing Director of a startup that developed and constructed 3 MW of solar projects in Germany. He also has extensive experience managing global accounts and international teams in the technology sector.

1. Curriculum Vitae
Wolfgang Timpen
6, Niederbach
D-53639 Koenigswinter
Age : 56 years
Phone: +49 2244 927 8 027
Mobile: +49 157 745 19 567
Email: wtimpen@timpen-energy.com
My assets, your benefit
27 years of business development and sales management in IT Consulting,
IT Hardware / Software, Telecommunications and Renewable Energies
22 years of project management and P&L responsibility, PMP (PMI)
10 years Managing Director and Head of BUs with up to 38 direct reports
Customer-oriented, analytical mindset and drive for success
Professional Experience
2013 – Present Consultant for restructuring, self-employed Koenigswinter
Restructuring of wind farms, Due Diligence, action plans, implementation, consulting
PV, certification as Project Management Professional (PMI)
2009 – 2013 BNT-Energy Pulheim and Illinois, US
Managing Director of a start-up, acquisition, planning, Financial Projections, contract
negotiations, EPC of PV systems in Germany (roof-top, ground-mounted), 3 MW in
total, project management, evaluating wind farm projects, areas and developers in the
US, project development of a 55 MW wind farm in Illinois
2004 – 2009 Orange Business Germany GmbH Dusseldorf
Global Account Manager for multinational companies in the Pharmaceutical,
Insurance, Logistics, Retail, Metal and Utilities Industries, Sales of global fully
managed networks, Managed Services for IT and voice, consulting and equipment,
Heading virtual international teams, 3 years outperformed, revenue 8 M €
2004 Sales of wind energy funds Bergheim
2002 – 2004 Admintas GmbH (midsize IT consultancy) Aachen
Key Account Manager, winning of new customers for commercial and technical IT
Directing the staffing department; project management for employees and freelancers
Topics: application engineering Java, .net; SAP; coaching, Data Integration /
Information Quality Management
1990 – 2002 SYSTOR GmbH & Co. KG / Schumann AG Cologne
Different responsibilities in sales and management,
9 of 11 years outperformed, power of procuration
01/00 – 06/02 Head of Profit Center Manufacturing and Process Industry
14 direct reports (consultants and sales), lead and developed team, revenue 9 M €,
P&L responsibility, Project management for 50+ employees and freelancers,
managing resources, sales and sales administration
Topics: application mgmt, application eng., SAP consulting, Systems Integration,
Business Intelligence (SAP BW, Business Objects)

2. 05 – 11/2000 deputy Region Manager
38 direct reports (32 consultants, 6 sales), revenue 25 M €, P&L responsibility,
heading sales department
01/99 – 12/99 Head of Profit Center Telecommunications
4 direct reports, revenue 8 M €, P&L resp., Project mgmt for 40+ consultants
Topics: application eng., quality insurance, customer-specific extensions to BSS
software solution, mobile and wired communication, Y2K-Business
1995 – 1998 Sales Manager
Revenue doubled from 2 M to 4 M €, Customer Relationship Management,
Hunting and developing major accounts; project management
Topics: business consulting, application engineering, SAP consulting, Systems and
Network Management, data warehousing
1992 – 1994 Head of Profit Center Manufacturing
28 direct reports (consultants and sales), power of procuration as of September 1993
Revenue up to 4 M €, P&L, hunting, building up project management and sales dep.
Topics: business consulting telecommunications, application engineering, SAP
Consulting, Systems Management
1990 – 1992 Key Account Manager
hunting in manufacturing, utilities, telecommunications, retail and banking industries
revenue from 0 to 2 M €
Topics: BPR, application engineering, SAP Consulting, Systems Management
1984 – 1990 IBM Deutschland GmbH Cologne
1988 – 1990 Sales Representative Traditional Winback, 2 years outperformed
Acquisition of different competitor’s customers in different industries
Sales of Hardware, Software and consulting in insurance and media industry
1987 Sales Representative Insurance Industry, 7 months
1984 – 1987 System Engineer (18 months) + Trainee-program (18 months)
PC integration into mainframe Operating Systems, Data Center Conversion from
OS Siemens BS2000 to OS IBM VSE, process industry, project management
Education
1978 – 1984 University of Cologne, Master’s Degree in Economics (Dipl.-Kfm.)
Marketing, manufacturing, information technology, controlling
1981 HEC (Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales, Private Business School),
Jouy-en-Josas, near Paris, International Management Program, 3 months
1977 – 1978 Military Service, 15 months
1968 – 1977 High School (Gymnasium) in Baden-Württemberg, Abitur (A-Level),
Languages german: native speaker
english: fluent (written and spoken)
french: good (written and spoken)
Hobbies Alpin Skiing,
Moto-biking across the Alpes,
Abstract and Surrealistic painting (Dali, Kandinsky, Picasso)